Veil.



' APPLICATION FlLED JAN. [9. 1918.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

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VEIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 191 8.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZEALIE VAN RAALTE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Veils, of which the following isa specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a veil which can be securelyattached to the hat without the use of pins or other like means ofattachment; which will not disturb the trimming on the hat in any mannerwhen placed on the hat or removed and which may be readily adjusted inmany ways to secure various results and draping arrangements.

A further object of this invention is to provide a veil Which may beused in many different ways to secure various results and arrangementsin design and use.

These and various other improvements are carried out by my invention, amore particular description of which appears be- Referring to thedrawings appended hereto,

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved veil; 4

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows, and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the manner in which my improved veilmay be used.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention as shown in the accompanyingdrawing, 1 indicates the main portion or body portion of the veil. Thisbody portion consists of a flat section of material, preferably anymeshed fabric and it may be of any desired outline and suitablyornamented.

Arranged at any desired point in the body portion 1 is an opening 2.Secured to the edge of this opening 2 is a stripof elastic material 3.

Situated in proximity to the hat opening 2 is a face opening 4. Asection of veiling 5, forming a flap is secured to the body portion 1,by means of a line of stitches 6 extending along its upper edge andsecuring its upper edge to the body portion at a point situatedintermediate the openings 2 and 4.

The front flap 5 is shown to be smaller than the body portion 1 andsquare in outline. This front flap 5, however,.may be of any desiredconfiguration, size, ornamentation or coloring to suit variousrequirements or desires.

From the foregoing, my invention will be readily understood. To placethe veil upon the hat it is merely necessary to enlarge the opening 2 bymeans of the elastic 3 surrounding said opening, and pass the crown ofthe hat through said opening, so that the veiling will be arranged onthe hat as shown in Fig. 3, the contraction of the elastic strip 3holding the veil securely on the hat.

V hen the veil is properly placed in position, it will be found that theface opening 4 is in a proper position to register with the face. Thefront flap 5 may be used in several ways. If the face is to be leftuncovered the front flap 5 may be thrown back over the top of the hat asindicated by A, or if desired the flap 5 may be allowed to hangdownwardly in front of the face opening 4, as indicated by B. The flap 5can also be inserted through the face opening 4 so that the body portion1 will be on the outside of the flap.

It will thus be seen that various combinations and arrangements can besecured by my improved veil.

Having described one embodiment of my invention it is obvious that myinvention is not to be restricted thereto, but is broad enough to coverall structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is:

1. An article of the class described, having a hat opening, elasticmeans for contracting said opening, a face opening and a movable flapadapted to cover said face opening.

2. An article of the class described comprising a body portion having ahat opening therein, an elastic strip surrounding said opening, saidbody portion having a face opening and a movable fiap having one of itsedges secured between the hat opening and the face opening.

3. An article of the class described comprising a body portion having ahat opening therein and a face opening adjacent the hat opening, and amovable flap having its upper edge secured to said body portlonintermediate said openings.

4. An article of the class described comprising a body portion having anopening, an elastic strip surrounding said opening, said body portionhaving a face opening situated adjacent said first mentioned opening,and a movable face covering flap adapted to cover said face opening,having its upper edge secured on a line intermediate the openings.

5. An article of the class described, having a body portion, a hatopenin in said body portion entirely surrounded by the New York, this14th day of January, 1918. i5

ZEALIE'VAN RAALTE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

